From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
To: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] kprobes/x86: While list ftrace locations in kprobe blacklist areas
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2019 09:12:54 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20191011091254.3c4dd543@gandalf.local.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20191011173929.9462a1414ff3a94ec93d6e98@kernel.org>
On Fri, 11 Oct 2019 17:39:29 +0900
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> wrote:
> Hi Steve,
>
> On Thu, 10 Oct 2019 17:52:16 -0400
> Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> wrote:
>
> > From: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
> >
> > I noticed some of my old tests failing on kprobes, and realized that
> > this was due to black listing irq_entry functions on x86 from being
> > used by kprobes. IIRC, this was due to the cr2 being corrupted and
> > such, and I believe other things were to cause. But black listing all
> > irq_entry code is a big hammer to this.
>
> OK, I think if we can use ftrace for hooking, probing on "that address"
> is good, but the function body still can not be probed.
>
> >
> > (See commit 0eae81dc9f026 "x86/kprobes: Prohibit probing on IRQ
> > handlers directly" for more details)
> >
> > Anyway, if kprobes is using ftrace as a hook, there shouldn't be any
> > problems here. If we white list ftrace locations in the range of
> > kprobe_add_area_blacklist(), it should be safe.
>
> Agreed.
>
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
> > ---
> > diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c
> > index d9770a5393c8..9d28a279282c 100644
> > --- a/kernel/kprobes.c
> > +++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
> > @@ -2124,6 +2124,11 @@ int kprobe_add_area_blacklist(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
> > int ret = 0;
> >
> > for (entry = start; entry < end; entry += ret) {
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_KPROBES_ON_FTRACE
> > + /* We are safe if using ftrace */
> > + if (ftrace_location(entry))
> > + continue;
> > +#endif
>
> Have you tested the patch? it doesn't measure the entry function's size.
> (kprobe_add_ksym_blacklist(entry) returns the function size)
Yeah, I tested the patch, but it is obviously buggy. It fixed the issue
I was having (was able to test against do_IRQ ;-)
>
> Could you do this in kprobe_add_ksym_blacklist()?
> Instead of continue, increment ent->start_addr by MCOUNT size(?) will be OK.
> (Note that since each blacklist symbol is managed independently, you can make
> a "gap" between them as a safe area)
OK, I'll move it to kprobe_add_ksym_blacklist.
-- Steve
>
> Thank you,
>
> > ret = kprobe_add_ksym_blacklist(entry);
> > if (ret < 0)
> > return ret;
>
>
prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-10-11 13:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-10-10 21:52 [RFC][PATCH] kprobes/x86: While list ftrace locations in kprobe blacklist areas Steven Rostedt
2019-10-10 21:55 ` Steven Rostedt
2019-10-11 8:39 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2019-10-11 13:12 ` Steven Rostedt [this message]
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